Lung deflation and oxygen pulse in COPD: results from the NETT randomized trial.

Come CE, Divo MJ, epar R ul SJ e E, Sciurba FC, Criner GJ, Marchetti N, Scharf SM, Mosenifar Z, Make BJ, Keller CA, et al. Lung deflation and oxygen pulse in COPD: results from the NETT randomized trial. Respir Med. 2012;106(1):109–19.

Abstract

BACKGROUND: In COPD patients, hyperinflation impairs cardiac function. We examined whether lung deflation improves oxygen pulse, a surrogate marker of stroke volume.
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